DAY 59: Getting Stuff from the Neighbors

Jerry was knocking rapidly on the door of room 1513.  "Levon! Are you in there?"
Mrs Kwan opened up the door.  "He's not here, Jerry.  He went upstairs to fix something."
"Yeah, with my socket wrench!"
"He went upstairs. He borrowed my shower curtain to fix something. "
"Do you know where he went?"
"Upstairs. He borrowed my shower curtain. I want it back."  Mrs Kwan closed the door.

Jerry made it to the roof.  Besides retrieving his socket wrench, he had been requested to retrieve three shower curtains, a set of dishwasher racks, two window screens, a jar of petroleum jelly, and a bicycle. "Levon! Where are you?"
He looked skyward to the sound of squeaking overhead, emanating from an expansive, rotating junkyard in the sky.  At its center, Landlord Levon pedaled in place, serenely watching the sun hidden beneath the skyline. As the craft rose, a fragment fell at Jerry's feet... a 12-point Mikita socket wrench.

Jerry watched the unidentifiable flying object float off... and all he could say was, "What about the 3/8 hex socket?"


inspired by Discover Magazine article, "A Leg Up on Human-Powered Flight"